Abstract Background Cognitive screening tests (CSTs) are crucial to neuropsychological
diagnostics, and thus need to be featured by robust psychometric and diagnostic properties …

Although several brief sensitive screening tools are available to detect cognitive dysfunction,
few have been developed to quickly assess executive functioning (EF) per se. We designed …

Executive function (EF) has been defined as a multifaceted construct that involves a variety
of high-level cognitive abilities such as planning, working memory, mental flexibility, and …

Abstract Background The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a short tool for the
assessment of executive functions consisting of six subtests that explore different abilities …

Abstract The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) is a highly sensitive
and specific tool for the detection of mild dementia. It is particularly useful in differentiating …

Background: A cognitive impairment, ranging from frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to milder
forms of dysexecutive or behavioral dysfunction, is detected in 30–50% of patients affected …

Essential tremor is a common neurological disorder characterized by motor and cognitive
symptoms including working memory deficits. Epidemiological research has shown that …

Objective The aims of the present study were:(a) to obtain new normative data of the Italian
version of the Mini-Mental Examination State (MMSE)(Measso et al. in Dev Neuropsychol 9 …

Objective to investigate patterns of anosognosia for memory deficit in subjects with amnestic
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods the study involved …

Results from behavioral studies of amnesic patients and neuroimaging studies of individuals
with intact memory suggest that a brain system involving direct contributions from the medial …